Women poets to read works for Women’s History Month

In honor of Women's History Month, 29 women poets from
throughout New Jersey will read some of their published poems
during "Girltalk: A Women's Poetry Reading" at 1 p.m. on Saturday,
March 14, in the Community Room of the West Caldwell Public
Library, 30 Clinton Road.

The poems will focus on women-related themes such as dolls,
dresses, jewelry, childbirth and marriage.

An Afternoon Tea will follow the poetry reading and some of the
poets will autograph and sell their poetry anthologies.

Diane Lockward, a poet and West Caldwell resident, organized the
poetry reading. Some of the other local poets include Nicole Cooley
of Glen Ridge, Jessica deKoninck, Laura Freedgood and Jean Meyers
of Montclair, Charlotte Mendel of Cedar Grove and Marilyn Mohr of
West Orange.

Lockward is the author of "What Feeds Us," a poetry collection
that received the Quentin R. Howard Poetry Prize. She is also the
author of two previous collections, "Eve's Red Dress" and a
chapbook, "Against Perfection." Her poems have been published in
several anthologies, including "Poetry Daily: 366 Poems from the
World's Most Popular Poetry" and Garrison Keillor's "Good Poems for
Hard Times". Her poems have also appeared in such journals as
"Beloit Poetry Journal," "Spoon River Poetry Review," "Poetry
International," "Poet Lore," and "Prairie Schooner."

Lockward is the recipient of a 2003 Poetry Fellowship from the
N.J. State Council on the Arts and has received awards from North
American Review, Louisiana Literature, the Newburyport Art
Association, and the St. Louis Poetry Center. A former high school
English teacher, she now works as a poet-in-the-schools for both
the N.J. State Council on the Arts and the Geraldine R. Dodge
Foundation.

This program is free and open to the public. For more
information, call the library at (973) 226-5441.

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